What Happened to Mary

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Excerpt from What Happened to Mary: A Novelization From the Play and the Stories Appearing in the Ladies' WorldAn elderly man, his frame but the shell of its former fullness, entered, weak, faded blue eyes agleam as he approached the baby's basket and reached out a wrinkled, quivering white hand soothingly toward the distressed bit of human ity. There was motherliness in his manner and a quick sense of anxiety which seemed to pervade the whole empty house.The nurse returned with a tiny bottle in a silk crocheted case. She smilingly took the baby, cuddled her close, and touched the puck ered lips with the rubber nipple. There was instant quiet.Grandfather Craig sat down hard in a low rocking chair. Well well, he breathed in relief. Just hungry.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.